Question: which country has recently abolished death penalty ?
a) Kazakhstan
b) Pakistan
c) India
d) none of the above
Answer: a)
Context
- President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed a decree abolishing the death penalty in Kazakhstan.
Facts
- President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed the UN’s 2nd optional protocol of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights(ICCPR)
2nd optional protocol of ICCPR
- This protocol aims at abolishing death penalty in signatory countries.
- It is a side agreement to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. It was created on 15 December 1989 and entered into force on 11 July 1991.
- As of now it has 88 parties and 40 signatories.
By – kameshwar shukla